Lesley Whitehall has been appointed as the amateur hunter ride judge for the 2025 Royal International Horse Show (RIHS), working alongside conformation judge Michael Maryan. Lesley’s lifelong involvement with horses began in childhood, showing ponies with her family and...
Aadesh Salunkhe, a class 9 student from Vairag village in Maharashtra's Solapur district, has adopted a unique mode of transportation to overcome the lack of vehicles for commuting to school—he rides a horse. Unlike his classmates who walk, cycle,...
A wild horse was reportedly struck by a speeding pickup truck on July 4 around 9 p.m. on Ocean Pearl Road in Carova, N.C., according to witnesses and the Corolla Wild Horse Fund. Although the horse initially fell, it...
The article highlights troubling incidents in recent horse races involving very young horses, specifically two-year-olds. At Delta Downs, two horses, The Rhino and Jaccx Sizzle, went down during the Louisiana Juvenile Stakes, with at least one falling severely. Despite...
The 1989 Hambletonian race-off between Park Avenue Joe and Probe, which ended in a rare dead heat, remains legendary and is considered the greatest race call of announcer Tom Durkin’s career. Durkin, known for his extensive experience in both...
During severe flash flooding in Ruidoso, New Mexico on July 8, a man bravely rode his horse through dangerous floodwaters at the Ruidoso Downs racetrack to rescue other horses trapped on the opposite side of the flooded race grounds....
